finelib consortium negotiations and new initiatives autumn 2009 icolc, paris 25-28 th oct 2009 paula...

FinELib consortium

Negotiations and New Initiatives Autumn 2009

ICOLC, Paris25-28th Oct 2009

Paula Mikkonen, Licensing Coordinator

FinELib consortium• Finnish National Electronic Library

– Centralized acquisition of electronic resources for Finnish libraries– National electronic library interface (NELLI)

• FinELib service unit at the National Library of Finland• Consortium members

– All Finnish universities (21), polytechnics (28), public libraries (348)

+ 39 research institutes

• Key figures– Turnover EUR 16,5 million, about 60 license agreements, 11 million

article downloads (2009)

• Personnel– Licensing (6,5 persons), Nelli-portal & IT-development (4,5 persons) +

admin staff

Negotiations 2009

Wiley - Blackwell

• Currently separate agreements for Wiley (consortium titles) and Blackwell (full collection)– 15 Wiley and 18 Blackwell subscribers, 9 org. subscribing both

• Proposed a single license agreement for all current Wiley-Blackwell electronic journals – In practice completely new deal compared to current

collections subscribed by libraries– What will happen to usage terms?

• A lot of discrepancies in title lists, no proper offer yet

Negotiations 2009

ProQuest (incl. CSA) and Nature

• ProQuest incl. CSA– Future of current CSA content is still unclear

• CCSC package prices and individual databases/ subject collections at substantially higher price

• Nature– Agreement negotiated in co-operation with other

Nordic countries (since the first term 2002)– Nature’s offer has more moderate price increases

than in the past but we hope to still improve

Negotiations 2009

Taylor & Francis• Under negotiation for years• Pricing:

– Non-existent price cap for SSH package– High e-access fee– Still waiting for 2010 prices

• Unacceptable terms in the agreement– Scientific communication not permited – Affiliated sites should be listed in the agreement– Each organization will have perpetual access only for their

current (2009) subscribed titles– License is governed by UK law– etc…

Negotiations 2009

Some general observations

• Licensing negotiations are behind schedule – Prices confirmed exceptionally late in several cases– Time consuming negotiations on journal packages:

• Checking large number of title lists takes a lot of time• How to handle print cancellations

• Usage terms:– Terms negotiated earlier come up as ’new’

New Initiatives and Projects

• Pilot projects on licensing related to structural changes in higher education and other member library sectors– Licensing for smaller user groups (Univ. / Schools; Polytechnic / subject

area)+ new user groups (comprehensive schools)

• National licenses for public libraries?• National research publication database/repository• The National Digital Library

– a common user interface for the information resources of libraries, archives and museums (in operation in 2011)

– digitisation of the most essential cultural heritage materials of libraries, archives and museums and

– development of a long-term preservation solution for electronic cultural heritage materials (a detailed plan in 2010)

FinELib@helsinki.fi

http://www.nationallibrary.fi/libraries/finelib/